Hit-and-run Driver Kills 4-year-old

October 28, 1986

A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a 4-year-old boy shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, police said. Phillip Thornton, 6940 S. Green St., was standing in the street on his block and apparently tried to get out of the way when he was struck by a northbound automobile, according to Investigator John Delanty of the police Major Accidents Investigation section. The victim was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he died at around 6 p.m. Witnesses described the car as a gray 1976, `77 or `78 Ford Granada and its driver as a female.